(Halifax) A Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq leader has filed a lawsuit against two Halifax radiologists who allegedly performed medical exams on her and other members of her Pictou Landing community without their consent.
In an originating application, Chief Andrea Paul claims that she and other members of her community agreed in March 2017 to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams at the QEII Health Sciences Center in Halifax as part of a research project led by the Canadian Alliance for Heart and Mind Health.
The complaint, filed in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in June 2020, alleges that the Mi’kmaq leader and 60 members of her community were subjected, without their consent, to additional “secret” examinations of their livers.
The lawsuit targets Dalhousie University radiologists Robert Miller and Sharon Clarke, as well as the Nova Scotia Health Authority, Dalhousie University and the Montreal Heart Institute.
Earlier this month, the lawsuit was certified as a class action, but only the two radiologists are now named as defendants in it.
None of the allegations have been proven in court. Attorney Harry Thurlow, who represents the two radiologists, said Monday his clients would have no comment.